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trotsky

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1. "will be seen by many as a political loss for the U.S. Catholic bishops"
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 12:31 PM
Nov 2012

Why? Will their flock stop putting money into the collection plates? Will they leave and go to churches that embrace, rather than oppose, the progressive agenda?

What exactly did the bishops lose? They have the same positions, the same power, the same institution. In fact, as has been pointed out repeatedly, the whole contraception coverage mandate doesn't force anyone to do anything and isn't a violation of anyone's religious freedom, so they didn't even lose what they claimed they would! Hilarious.

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